On Thursday, New York Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio was met with a series of boos and jeers as he was introduced to speak at a memorial for George Floyd in Brooklyn, New York.
Floyd, a 46-year-old Minnesota black man, died while being arrested by police last week.
The arrest was caught on video and went viral showing Floyd was pinned down by a white police officer’s knee to his neck.
As soon as de Blasio was introduced at the memorial the crowd erupted.
Before de Blasio took the mic, his wife Chirlane addressed the crowd saying, “No justice” and “Power to the people” while raising her fist in the air.
“Let us welcome, with respect, the mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio.”
Crowd answers with loud boos at Brooklyn vigil for George Floyd. https://t.co/sRjzb8ejYu pic.twitter.com/nrNbNBa4Rl
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) June 4, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s speech at the memorial for George Floyd in Brooklyn was met with boos and jeers, despite requests from organizers for the crowd not to do so. pic.twitter.com/3Yr96RiaMj
— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) June 4, 2020
The mayor was met with f-bombs and crowd members turned their backs to him.
The New York Post reports:
“F— the mayor’s curfew!” some shouted. “Turn your back! Turn your back!” others shouted. Many in the crowd did turn their backs.
It’s reported de Blasio and his wife arrived 20 minutes late to the event and before they spoke, the crowd chanted “de Blasio go home!”
De Blasio and Chirlane McCray arrive 20 mins late. Crowd boos and chants “De Blasio, go home” when he walks across the stage pic.twitter.com/H1J62mm69o
— Rose Adams (@rose_n_adams) June 4, 2020
Calls to impeach de Blasio are gaining traction as he’s under fire over his handling of the destructive unrest on the city’s streets over the death of Floyd.
de Blasio’s failure to anticipate and swiftly put an end to the destructive unrest resulted in several days of lawless mobs wreaking havoc, from breaking out windows and looting businesses to setting police cars ablaze.
At this time, the Change.org petition collected over 120,000 signatures.
The New York Post reports:
The petition was started last year, but thousands signed onto it Tuesday as controversy raged over protests engulfing the city that have triggered clashes between participants and police officers and reports of vandalism and damage to retail stores.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted de Blasio for mishandling the looters and called for him to step down.
The Mayor in NYC has lost control of the mob and of the city.
The Mayor is preventing the NYPD to take the actions necessary to stop brutal attacks on police and citizens.
He is even falsely accusing NYPD of taking excessive action when he has made them punching bags.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) June 2, 2020
Mayor de Blasio needs to step down. He is incompetent. We are losing a tremendous amount of property. We are seeing people damaged and hurt.
Pretty soon, we're going to lose lives if this man doesn't get out of the way and let someone activate the police department!
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) June 2, 2020
Giuliani also called on New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo to remove de Blasio from office.
Gov. Cuomo should remove Mayor DiBlasio. He is preventing the NYPD from taking the actions that have prevented riots in the past. Surely, you remember the Gigante report which helped me prevent riots under circumstances of long protests with many attempts to turn them violent.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) June 2, 2020
de Blasio is getting blasted from all sides but his biggest failure by far was allowing rioters and looters to take over New York City streets.
